A dismal judgment
R (Luke Davey) v. Oxfordshire CC is the type of decision that I’d prefer not to write about. Part of the reluctance comes – of course – from the incredibly depressing…
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Month: September 2017
Another good judgment
Following the excellent UNISON judgment (justice is not a commodity to be traded) comes another: an Upper Tribunal decision R (CJ) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions concerning…
Read moreLLM Law & Social Justice at Leeds
With modules in 'Social Care Law', 'Human Rights & Disabled People', 'Theories of Social Justice' and many more - click here.
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What’s the point of section 5?
Section 5 Care Act 2014 places a duty on councils to promote an efficient and effective care market: such markets must promote user choice, have a variety of high quality…
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A human catastrophe
It needs saying and it needs resaying: the maintenance of austerity politics to advance a neoliberal political agenda has ‘led to a human catastrophe’ for people with disabilities in the…
Read moreNational Audit Office Report on NHS Continuing Healthcare
A NAO report on its Investigation into NHS continuing healthcare funding (CHC) makes interesting / depressing reading. The Press Release accompanying the Full Report notes that spending on CHC, NHS-funded nursing…
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